Kiryas Yoel: Orange County Legislature Makes Town of Palm Tree First Jewish Town

By a vote of 18 to three, the Orange County Legislature approved allowing Monroe residents to vote on whether they want to allow a portion of the town to break away and together with the Village of Kiryas Joel become the new Town of Palm Tree.

State Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R, Deerpark), who represents the Village of Kiryas Joel, said the creation of the new town for the people of KJ “will allow self government for both the people of Monroe and the people of Kiryas Joel and will mitigate the differences and disagreements between them.”